Creating Dll with Vision Library

Greetings Board Members,
I have a small Application For which i want to make a shared DLL and test them before deploying at other co worker computer, The application uses the Labview Vision, The DLL are made by Building the DLL.
When I use the same dll and call them with labview i get an error code while the VI Modules with which DLL are made are used instead of DLL they are running OK. Can some one throw light on this issue and how it can be solved. The application is simple, Initialze USB Grabber, Snap and save image, Close Grabber. I am getting Error code in snap and save image.
Regards
Harjeet

1.What is the error number or describtion you get?
2.Do you know that you will need to have a vision runtime license ($) at the other computers where you want to run the dll?
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